Draft:The Big Bonanza (show)
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The Big Bonanza was a comedy show in the United States. It was written by Augustin Daly.[1] Adaptation of Gustav von Moser's Ultimo?
The Big Bonanza was a major ore discovery in 1873 at a mine near Virginia City, Nevada.[2]
The show played at the Fifth Avenue Theatre in New York City.[3] A silver charm was made to commemorate its 100th night.[4] It toured to Pittsburgh.[5]
According to the Boston Public Library, James Lewis played Professor Cadwallader and Mrs. G. H. Gilbert played Carolina Cadwallader in an 1875 production of The Big Bonanza in New York.
Cast
- Annie Graham - Lucretia Cawallader," a stuffy, domineering wife, annoyed by her husband"[1]
- Charles Fisher - Jonathan Cadwallader
- Emily Rigl - Virgie
See also
- Dan DeQuille, author of the History of the Big Bonanza (1877)
- Bonanza Kings
- Comstock Lode
References
- ^ a b "Big Bonanza". Oxford Reference. doi:10.1093/oi/authority.20110803095505571.
- ^ "The Big Bonanza Historical Marker". www.hmdb.org.
- ^ "Request Rejected". digital.library.pitt.edu.
- ^ "Silver Charm BIG BONANZA 1875 Augustin Daly's 5th Avenue NYC theatre - Howard Co | #2072348008". Worthpoint.
- ^ "Request Rejected". digital.library.pitt.edu.